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57 of 59 found the following review helpful:
 Awesome shower clock Sep 06, 2009
By Jeremy in Minneapolis
I bought this clock to help keep track of time in the morning, and it works really well. The clock sets itself to the atomic clock signal, which is nice because you don't want to be messing with buttons in a wet environment. Besides the time and date, it shows the day of the week, which is good for those mornings when you are really short on sleep.
The first time I turned it on, it took a few hours to sync with the atomic clock signal. The manual says that it does this at least once a day, usually at night when the radio signal is stronger. The time can be manually set too. But I just waited, and it was on time by sunrise, and has been on time ever since.
I was concerned about whether it would be sufficiently waterproof, but it is built well, and it's been in the shower for a couple months without any water issues. The suction cup also works very well, and it is still sticking to the tile after 2 months. It seems strong enough to survive a good drop, should it ever happen.
Note: To get it to stick to the shower, make sure to clean the tile until it is very smooth (this keeps the vacuum from escaping the suction cup).
Overall, this has made my morning routine much faster, since I don't lose track of time anymore. Very satisfied.
36 of 36 found the following review helpful:
Suction Cup works FINE Jan 23, 2010
By bobby_digital
Those that are complaining about the suction cup are just using it wrong. You cannot just stick it fully assembled as it arrives, this will not allow the air under the suction cup to escape.
You need to unscrew the suction cup, you will be left with 3 pieces: the main unit, the suction cup, and a hard plastic "dome" piece. You must attach the suction cup to the surface first and alone, pressing it down firmly. Then put the plastic dome on, the outside edges of the dome will press on the outside of the suction cup preventing air from getting in. Then screw the main unit on.
If you do it the proper way, the cup will hold forever, and probably even hold several pounds (but of course do that at your own risk!).
Anyhow, on to the rest of the review. It works and looks great. It sync'd time within about 5 minutes of installing the battery (I'm in Canada). The numbers are large enough to read accross a small room like a bathroom. I don't need to use the buttons on the back at all, but they are hard to see without removing the main unit. I guess if you remembered which button you need (by counting across from one side) you could reach around and use them. I also don't get too much water on it, it's mounted high enough that it barely gets a few drops on it. But it seems to handle that and the steam just fine.
This is a great clock and I'm happy with my purchase!
71 of 88 found the following review helpful:
 Suction Cup Issues Oct 09, 2009
By The 747 Gambit
"500,000 Scoville Units"
Judging by the other positive reviews, this clock's suction cup has done well in the showers of others. Sadly, it did not do so in mine, and since this clock needs suction in order to function, I feel this product deserves the lowest rating possible.
So as not to seem overly biased against this clock since it fell from a height of 1 meter within ten minutes of attachment, I will say the following nice things about it:
1.) The atomic sync feature appeared to work as advertised, "overnight". Fine effort there.
2.) Displays all the information a clock should: time, date, day of week. No fault there.
Now, to unleash the sour crank within for having this clock fall TWICE in the span of a day, the not-so-nice things:
1.) The inadequate suction cup. I feel the engineers who designed this knew they had botched the cup size issue, as a special, separate add-on to the instructions explains in EXCRUCIATING detail how the tile/mirror should be very, very clean, etc. before attempting to mount the clock. I scrubbed and dried my tile: such work was already bordering on silly considering how many suction cups I've seen in action before succeed in worse conditions. Sadly, I think they made the cup too small for the considerably chunky clock: it's gonna fall, not if but when.
2.) No backlight. My shower has opaque curtains and no interior light. Hence, it's not that bright. This clock will not help remedy that issue if you have a similar setup.
3.) Operations written by a madman. I've noticed over the years that clocks tend towards the "ridiculously hard" side of "ease of programming household items" scale, somewhere near the legendary VCRs of yesteryear. Without reading the instructions, I would not have been able to so much as change the time on this calamitous clock. Thank goodness I can read!
4.) Waterproofing? I was rather surprised to see the battery compartment (which is secured by three tiny, easy-to-lose screws - better have your jeweler's kit handy to install the batteries!) had no rubber/vinyl on the compartment seal. The seal seems tight, but the lack of a waterproof seal was shocking...no pun intended, really. I shouldn't complain, though, as nowhere in the instructions is the word "waterproof" or "water-resistant" ever mentioned.
5.) The smell, the smell. This clock is made of some very cheap, very toxic-y smelling plastic. Maybe you're a fan of the odor - I am not.
So there you have it. If you think you can wrangle the too-small suction cup and feel all cool inside for paying $20 for a clock with no backlight, then may the power of atomic clocks everywhere guide your way.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Suction cup, oh, why doth thou fail? Rot!! Jun 30, 2010
By Mark Drury
This was just too predictable and I should have expected it after reading some of the warnings by other reviewers: after following the directions explicitly, within 24 hours the suction cup had failed and this timepiece met with an untimely death, falling about 3 feet onto hard tile. Stone cold dead, end of story.
My recommendation: if you buy this clock, which did keep very accurate time while it was working, attach some sort of tether as a safety line or place it directly above a shelf, if possible. That way WHEN (not if) it loses suction it doesn't fall.
This clock is a brilliant idea poorly executed.
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Great bathroom clock Apr 29, 2009
By LK
Great product - holds very securely on the mirror and didn't fog over after the shower. I know the time is accurate (my last clock ran slow)so no second guessing as to how late I am to work in the morning! Easy to set up and change the battery. No complaints.
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